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Quinn I’d fire a too-frisky Kelly
Mayoral candidate Christine Quinn dealt a blow to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and his stop-and-frisk policies during a televised mayoral forum last night.The City Council speaker previously has said she’d wants Kelly to stay on board as commissioner if she’s elected.But when asked about stop-and-frisk last night, she said she would fire Kelly if he didn’t reduce the ...
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Human bones at Goodfella’s Qns. home
Human remains that may be tied to a decades-old Mafia murder have been dug up at the Queens home of "Goodfellas" mobster James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. "Unknown remains have been recovered and we are examining them," said city Medical Examiner’s spokeswoman Ellen Borakove. The discovery comes two days after FBI and NYPD ...
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Pimps pumped by ‘acquittals’
The ho’s got action. Cheered on by their loyal hookers, father-and-son pimps Vincent George, Sr. and Jr., were acquitted of the top sex-trafficking charges, with a Manhattan judge apparently swayed by testimony from the prostitutes, who claimed the men were swell bosses. Happy hookers Desiree Ellis and Danielle Geissler - who have attended the trial in support of the pimps and their ...
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Blackhawks Likely Save Their Season With Overtime Win In Game 4
Brent Seabrook's slap shot beat Tuukka Rask with 9:51 gone in overtime and the Blackhawks beat the Bruins 6-5 on Wednesday night to send the Stanley Cup finals back to Chicago tied at two games ...
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Marcum Becomes 3rd Pitcher In Mets History To Drop First 9 Decisions
Medlen shook off a Little League-like mistake with seven strong innings, Chris Johnson hit a three-run homer and the Atlanta Braves bounced back from a doubleheader sweep, beating the New York Mets 5-3 Wednesday ...
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Pettitte up as Rays make first trip to Bronx
The Yankees faced a pair of left-handers in their doubleheader against the Dodgers on Wednesday, and they'll oppose another on Thursday night when they open a four-game set against the American League East-rival Rays at Yankee Stadium. Not that the slew of southpaws should bother the Yankees much. In 23 games this season against left-handed starters, New York is 15-8. It's Matt Moore ...
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Michael Hastings Wife Obliterates New York Times For Dismissive Obituary
Michael Hastings of Buzzfeed and Rolling Stone died Tuesday morning in a car crash. His wife has asked The New York Times to correct its obituary. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for The ...
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Chicago tops in owner-vacated properties in foreclosure
Chicago has the highest number of owner-vacated foreclosed properties among major U.S. cities in June, online foreclosure marketplace RealtyTrac said. In a report released Thursday, RealtyTrac -- which tracks foreclosures -- said Chicago documented 14,717 owner-vacated properties, the most of any metro area in the country. Miami was second with 13,901, followed by New York with 10,074. Two ...
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Seen At 11 Exploding Cellphones Pose A Serious Danger
NEW YORK (CBS 2) — If you’re like most people, your cellphone is probably always close at hand. But as CBS 2's Kristine Johnson reported Wednesday night, the public is taking heed of a warning about exploding phones. It is happening more and more and causing some serious injuries. Fred Smilansky said he woke up one morning to find his cellphone that had been charging overnight ...
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Metro-North Train Operators Running Red Lights At Alarming Rate
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — They are at the helm on your everyday train - engineers who are supposed to be guiding trains to safety. But as CBS 2's Jessica Schneider reported Wednesday night, disturbing statistics have shown the people you entrust might be breaking the rules. Data ...
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Ramirez Rookie Phenom Puig Beat Up Yankees In Nightcap
NEW YORK (AP) Hanley Ramirez capped a six-hit day with a pair of RBI singles, Yasiel Puig homered to complete a dazzling debut in New York and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Yankees 6-0 Wednesday for a split of their day-night ...
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Hughes and Yankees fall flat in nightcap
LAD@NYY: Adams makes an impressive diving stop NEW YORK -- Phil Hughes' troubles within the not-so-friendly confines of Yankee Stadium continued on Wednesday, as the right-hander allowed five runs and heard boos as the Yankees fell to the Dodgers, 6-0, in the second game of a day-night doubleheader. Hughes completed six innings and kept Los Angeles' lineup in the yard, but he was ...
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Latest loss puts Marcums starting spot in question
NYM@ATL: Duda comes down with liner in mid-air ATLANTA -- Zack Wheeler is no longer some vague thought for the future, an idea without a face. As of Tuesday, Wheeler has officially arrived in the big leagues, and his presence is about to make a real impact on others. Because of Wheeler, their top pitching prospect, the Mets will soon need to dump someone from what is now a six-man rotation. ...
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Roundup By Earning Split Dodgers Salvage Mattinglys New York Return
Chris Davis cleared the fences twice, giving him a major league-leading 26 homers, to help the Baltimore Orioles defeat the Tigers, 13-3, on Wednesday in Detroit. Davis hit a two-run homer in ...
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Jersey town mourns loss of regular guy Gandolfini
Working-class Westwood, New Jersey mourned the loss of their hometown hero, TV mob boss James Gandolfini. The Emmy Award winner, who was born in the town’s Pascack Valley Hospital in 1961, still visited the town and was remembered as a regular guy."We’ve known him for a very long time, since he was a teenager," said Mike Meidanis, the owner of Ridge Diner. "He came ...
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Several hurt when car veers onto sidewalk
A car rocketing down an avenue in Manhattan's dense East Village swerved out of control, plowed down a sidewalk and smashed through a storefront flower stand Wednesday morning, injuring eight people, witnesses and officials said.A 60-year-old grocery store worker was critically hurt in the 6:30 a.m. crash, which left half a city block in shambles.Police arrested the driver, Shaun ...
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Joe Torres daughter saves baby in Brooklyn
The daughter of former Yankees manager Joe Torre caught a baby who fell from a second-story window in Brooklyn Wednesday, officials said.Cristina Torre, 44, made the save, confirmed Major League Baseball spokesman John Blundell. Police said the baby escaped serious injuryHer father, Joe Torre, 72, the league's executive vice president for baseball operations, was a proud papa ...
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Brooklyn DA series rankles Hynes critics
On the CBS documentary series "Brooklyn DA," the story line is simple: Can prosecutors put the bad guys away?Behind the scenes, the drama unfolding at one of the nation's largest district attorney's offices is more complex, with an upcoming election and opponents threatening to unseat the longtime leader, a review of dozens of cases and a federal lawsuit by a man who was ...
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NYPD K-9 from LI hurt in subway fight recovering
Photo credit: Craig Ruttle | With both their injuries apparent, Officer Vincent Tieniber, 36, shows his police dog Bear's broken teeth at One Police Plaza. The two are recovering from injuries suffered after they tried to break up a fight on the southbound platform of the No. 4 subway at 59th Street and Lexington Avenue, police said. (June 19, ...
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New York KKK member designs death ray against enemies of Israel
A KKK member from upstate New York was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly designed a "death ray" that is meant to kill Muslims and other "enemies of ...
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Mattingly Dodgers Salvage Split at Yankee Stadium
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Wanda to launch $1b New York hotel project
Dalian Wanda Group Corp Ltd, one of China's largest property developers, plans to invest about $1 billion to build a five-star hotel in New York as its third major investment outside its home market, Wang Jianlin, chairman of Wanda said on Wednesday. Wang said that Wanda is negotiating with potential partners for ...
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Why So Many Derailments In The Tri-State Area Lately Expert Weighs In
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The train derailment that left tracks damaged and passengers stranded on the Long Island Rail Road this week was the fourth to make headlines in the Tri-State Area in a period of a month. As CBS 2 investigative reporter Tamara Leitner reported, an expert has weighed in on what might be causing the ...
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NY baseball greats daughter catches falling baby
NEW YORK (AP) -- The daughter of former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre made a quick-thinking save Wednesday when she caught a baby who had tumbled off of a second-floor Brooklyn apartment's fire escape, the baseball great has ...
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James Gandolfini Dies Sopranos Actor Was 51
co-stars Edie Falco, left, and Lorraine Bracco. Actor James Gandolfini, 51, has died, HBO and other sources confirm. The former star of the HBO ...
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New York's community gardens creating tension once more
Community gardening in New York is under threat again, but what are the ideas and opinions surrounding this ongoing battle between the people and the city?
Community gardening is a well-known term and idea in New York City thanks to the much-publicized opposition between former Mayor Giuliani and members of the New York City public, who brought a lawsuit to have the gardens protected. The issue was eventually resolved when Mayor Bloomberg replaced Giuliani and introduced the Garden Settlement of 2002. Read more
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